[ View Brief Record ] [ Get Data ] [ Update this Record ]

Summary

The data sets consist of static and kinematic GPS data collected on the Amery Ice Shelf using Leica 299 receivers. Additional GPS data were collected at Beaver Lake. All data are provided in UNIX Z compressed RINEX (Receiver INdependent EXchange) format, as described in the IGS standards - see http://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/components/data.html.

The standard RINEX file naming ... convention is used, i.e., an eight digit file name as bbbbddds.yyt, where bbbb refers to a four digit station name, ddd refers to the day number of the year, s refers to a session number and yyt is the file extension number where yy refers to the year and t defines the file type (o for observation file and n for navigation file). All files are compressed using the UNIX Z compression scheme, as shown by the extension .Z. For example, base0010.95o.Z and base0010.95n.Z.

The files are set out in the following directories on the ftp site:
season1995_1996
\beaver
\camp

GPS data collected at the permanent stations at Casey, Davis and Mawson are available from Geoscience Australia - see http://www.ga.gov.au/nmd/geodesy/argn/argngiff.htm


The fields in this dataset are:
GPS
marker number
marker name
observer/agency
approximate position
antenna
wavelength
interval

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1995-09-01 Stop Date: 1998-03-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Amery Ice Shelf CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Beaver Lake GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE MOTION CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATION CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE VELOCITY

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION INLAND WATERS

Quality

The dates provided in temporal coverage are approximate only.

Access Constraints

These data area available from the URL's given below.

Ancillary Keywords

ANTENNA APPROXIMATE POSITION GPS INTERVAL MARKER NAME MARKER NUMBER OBSERVER/AGENCY WAVELENGTH

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au Data Center Personnel Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Personnel

RICHARD COLEMAN Role: INVESTIGATOR Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Role: DIF AUTHOR Phone: +61 3 6226 2108 Fax: +61 3 6224 0282 Email: Richard.Coleman at utas.edu.au Contact Address: Centre for Spatial Information Science School of Geography and Environmental Studies University of Tasmania Private Bag 76 City: Hobart Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7001 Country: Australia

Related URL

Link: GET DATA Description: Download page for Australian Antarctic Data Centre Link: GET DATA Description: International GPS Data Archive Holdings Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION Description: Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2000-08-08 Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-04-10

Reformat as FGDC document

View Text Only Format

[ View Brief Record ] [ Get Data ] [ Update this Record ]